BATON ROUGE — LSU has long been the Bermuda Triangle for quarterbacks. Call it the Baton Rouge Triangle, if you will.

Other than Zach Mettenberger's superb season in 2013, for the most part since quarterback Matt Flynn hoisted the national championship trophy on Jan. 7, 2008, LSU quarterbacks have signed, failed and left.

But even the worst ones always had somebody to hand the ball to and carry the offense, and they usually knew who that was entering the season. Andrew Hatch and Jarrett Lee had Charles Scott in 2008. Jordan Jefferson had Scott and Keiland Williams in 2009 and Stevan Ridley in 2010. Lee and Jefferson had Michael Ford, Spencer Ware and Alfred Blue in 2011. Mettenberger had Jeremy Hill in 2012 and '13. Anthony Jennings had Leonard Fournette in 2014. Brandon Harris had Fournette in 2015. Danny Etling had Fournette and Derrius Guice in 2016 and Guice in 2017.

Quarterbacks Joe Burrow and Myles Brennan are not really sure who their feature tailback will be in 2018 out of senior Nick Brossette; sophomore Clyde Edwards-Helaire, who has had some nagging injuries this month; and true freshmen Chris Curry and Tae Provens.

Unlike Scott (No. 8), Williams (No. 5), Ford (No. 7), Ware (No. 3), Fournette (No. 1) and Guice (No. 2), none of LSU's current tailbacks were top 10 in the nation at their position coming out of high school. In fact, none were in the top 20 at their position coming out of high school. Brossette was No. 34 out of University in Baton Rouge, Edwards-Helaire was No. 23 out of Catholic in Baton Rouge. Provens was No. 27 out of Madison County in Gurley, Alabama, and Curry was No. 48 out of Lehigh Acres in Lehigh Acres, Florida.

But LSU does have one elite-ranked running back on its current roster.

With Fournette and Guice already at LSU, though, White was moved to linebacker, where he also excelled in high school. And it obviously has been a good choice.

White only led the Southeastern Conference in tackles last year as a sophomore with 133 and was third in stops behind the line with 19 as he was named second team All-American. He was named a first team, preseason Associated Press All-American this week along with cornerback teammate Andraez "Greedy" Williams of Calvary Baptist in Shreveport. Both made the first team preseason All-SEC team as well.

Still, White wonders what might have been or could still be if he was playing in the offensive backfield.

On Tuesday, a few days after the LSU defense dominated the offense for the second time in as many weeks in a scrimmage, White was asked how the LSU offense could do better.

"Give Devin White carries at running back," he said. "I've talked to coach (Steve) Ensminger about carrying the ball in goal line. And I'd love to the the "Wildcat" running back (who takes direct snaps like a quarterback)."

Offensive coordinator Ensminger has not been available, but head coach Ed Orgeron was asked about White's idea on his first radio show of the season Wednesday night.

"Yeah, it's a good idea," Orgeron said. "And it would look really good, until I put him in the Wildcat, and he got hurt. Then it wouldn't look good anymore. So, I think he's more important on defense."

Orgeron is not totally against the idea, though. Considering the questions on offense this season with a young offensive line, no starts by either Burrow or Brennan in their careers, no proven or highly recruited backs, and no proven receivers other than Texas Tech transfer Jonathan Giles, the offense looks open to suggestions on paper.

"Look, Devin could play Wildcat," Orgeron said. "He could play tailback, but I will not do that yet. We want to keep him on defense. He's such a critical leader for us on defense. He's one of the best linebackers I've ever been around, and I don't want to take a chance on overworking him."

In the meantime, Orgeron plans to go with a group plan at running back as the season opener approaches. No. 24 LSU plays No. 8 Miami on Sunday, Sept. 2, at 6:30 p.m. in AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas.

"Clyde Edwards-Helaire has suffered a couple of minor injuries in camp, but when he has gone, he's shown some electricity. He can make things happen. He can get out in space. He can catch the ball," Orgeron said. "And Chris Curry has shown some great signs. He's a big back. He's physical. He has good speed. Obviously, he needs to learn the pace of the game. I think as the season goes on, he is going to be good. Nick Brossette has been our most consistent back. He's not missed a day of practice. I would consider those two (Edwards-Helaire and Brossette) our starters right now. But I think it's going to be running back by committee. Whoever does the best in the game."